Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greetings all, I will be travelling from Canada to England in the third week of September and would be willing to smuggle - make that carry the finders over in my suitcase if that would be a help at all. Ian Stanley (currently not in Kathmandu) At 08:37 PM 98/06/14 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi Gerd, > >You do have a point there. I am copying my reply to the LUG so that other >Europeans on it can benefit from it too. Transferring money to Phong in the >USA may well be more expensive that just coughing up the customs duty and >VAT. I have a possible solution here. I happen to have a bank account in the >USA (there is even money in it :-)), so Phong could send all the finders >destined for European destinations to me, I would pay him with a US check, >and each of the other Europeans could then pay me either with a Eurocheque or >by sending cash in an envelope; since I travel around Europe a lot, I can >always use DM, UK pounds, NLG, FF, SEK or DKR. > >So far I see that three Europeans have expressed interest: you, me, and >Martin in Sweden. That is quite a manageable number. If it is acceptable to >Phong and to the two of you, I would be happy to serve in an intermediary >role. I guess this would bring the final cost to each of us to something like >$100-$110, however. Let me know what you think. > >Nathan > >Gerd Hechtfischer wrote: > >> I am also interested in buying such a finder. I am located in Munich, >> Germany. Sending the finders to UK and then redistributing them in EU, >> as you suggested, sounds like a great idea. >> The bigger problem I see is how to transfer the money to Phong, a >> bank transfer or a check sent to a foreign country will easily be charged >> with bank fees of 30-60 DM, depending on which bank you use. This >> might drive the price unacceptably high. >> The best way would be to charge to a credit card, but Phong has no >> possibility to do that. If you have ideas how to handle all this, please >> let me know. >> >> Regards, >> >> Gerd > > > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Overijse, Belgium > >Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html >Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html > > >